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- On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PM
- Lack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
- Facebook breach: Privacy advocates in India seek stronger data laws — by Admin — last modified Mar 20, 2018 11:37 PM
- Privacy advocates in India underlined the urgent need for stronger data privacy laws in India with the debate coming under focus after reports alleged that British data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica had tapped into the profiles of more than 50 million Facebook users, without their permission, during the last US elections.
- Supreme Court extends Aadhaar linking deadline till it passes verdict — by Admin — last modified Mar 17, 2018 03:02 PM
- The Supreme Court, however, allowed the government to seek Aadhaar numbers to transfer benefits of government schemes funded from the consolidated fund of India.
- New Lock For EU’s Digital Mines — by Admin — last modified Mar 17, 2018 01:10 PM
- Indian companies dealing with European data wait anxiously as the EU pushes in new security rules
- Aadhaar unique IDs in India: a qualified success? — by Admin — last modified Mar 17, 2018 12:49 PM
- Anshuman Jaswal form Kapronasia shares insights into the security and privacy concerns related to Aadhaar, which are often overlooked
- Analysis of ICANN revenue shows ambiguity in their records — by Sunil Abraham, Arjun Venkatraman and Akriti Bopanna — last modified Apr 27, 2018 10:01 AM
- We, The Centre for Internet and Society, have been instrumental in having ICANN become transparent about their revenue with our persistent requests for their sources of revenue.
- People Driven and Tech Enabled – How AI and ML are Changing the Future of Cyber Security in India — by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Mar 11, 2018 03:30 PM
- On the 27th of February, Peter Sparkes the Senior Director, Cyber Security Services, Symantec conducted a webinar on the ‘5 Essentials of Every Next-Gen SOC’. In this webinar, he evaluated the problems that Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are currently facing, and explored possible solutions to these problems. The webinar also put emphasis on AI and ML as tools to improve cyber security. This blog draws key insights from the webinar, and explains how AI and ML can improve the cyber security process of Indian enterprises.
- White Paper on Data Protection and Privacy — by Admin — last modified Mar 07, 2018 02:57 PM
- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy is organizing a roundtable on data protection and privacy in New Delhi on March 8, 2018. Sunil Abraham is participating as a moderator in the session on Rights and Protections. Amber Sinha is also participating as a panelist.
- Is there a case for penalizing fake news? — by Admin — last modified Mar 07, 2018 02:23 PM
- Facebook and Twitter have been under increasing scrutiny for allowing targeted political ads from Russia-backed entities to manipulate voters and influence elections.
- Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53 — by Ambika Tandon — last modified Mar 06, 2018 02:42 PM
- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
- CIS ranks amongst top think tanks for public policy in the region — by Admin — last modified Mar 02, 2018 12:56 PM
- Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program features Centre for Internet & Society in its annual report.
- Data Privacy Forum — by Admin — last modified Mar 01, 2018 01:31 AM
- Amber Sinha took part in the Data Privacy Forum organized by the Asian Business Law Institute on February 7, 2018. The forum was held at the Supreme Court of Singapore.
- RightsCon 2018 — by Admin — last modified Feb 28, 2018 03:15 PM
- Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, Vidushi Marda, and Amba Kak will be participating in the seventh event in the RightsCon Summit Series to be held in Toronto from May 16 - 18, 2018 as speakers.
- Quantified identities as a global phenomenon: analyzing the impact of biometric systems in our societies — by Admin — last modified Mar 01, 2018 12:56 AM
- A session by Amber Sinha and Leandro Ucciferri of ADC, Argentina at the Internet Freedom Festival to be held in Valencia, Spain in March has been selected. Amber Sinha will make a presentation.
- Marathi Language Day events by CIS-A2K in February 2018 — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Mar 17, 2018 08:58 AM
- Marathi Language day is celebrated all over world on 27th February. Dnyanpeeth award winning writer V.V.Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj was born on this date. Various events and activities were conducted in collaboration with community, institutions and government departments.
- Delhi Declaration on Open Access — by Admin — last modified Feb 26, 2018 02:53 PM
- Open Access India recently released a statement to promote openness in science and research communities. CIS contributed to the text and introduced it to the participants of OpenCon 2018, Delhi.
- Beyond Scale: How to make your digital development program sustainable — by Admin — last modified Feb 26, 2018 02:23 PM
- A dissemination workshop was organized by BBC Media Action, with support from the Digital Impact Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on February 21, 2018 in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham participated in the workshop.
- Mini Train the Trainer 2018 — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Mar 17, 2018 08:51 AM
- A mini train the trainer 2018 (Mini TTT 2018) program was organized by CIS-A2K at Jnana Prabodhini & Bhave High School, Sadashiv Peth, Pune on 24 and 25 February 2018. Total 19 active editors from Marathi community participated. Experienced editors from community were also involved in the program.
- Digital Native: AI Manifesto — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 17, 2018 11:02 AM
- Our intention and government action will determine our relationship with AI.
- From 1 March, only registered devices to be used to authenticate Aadhaar — by Admin — last modified Feb 24, 2018 07:59 AM
- UIDAI directive to Aadhaar authentication agencies aims to avoid putting citizens’ biometric data at risk
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